Nondrip pitcher



March 10, 1925' 1,529,360

c. w. JOHNSON NONDRIP PITCHER Filed April 1, 1924 Fig.

$7 attain?! Patented Mar. 10, 192

UNI-TED *5 rar ES CARI} JOHNSON, or nan-- CLAIRE, Wisconsin.

NONDBIP PITCHER.

Application filed'April 1, 1924. Serial No. 703,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL W. J oHNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and 5 State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nondrip Pitchers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a pitcher intended to to be used for such condiments as maple syrup and the like.

It is a well known fact that when pouring syrup from a pitcher some of it will remain at the point of the spout when the pitcher is set down and, accordingly, a few drops of the syrup generally fall from the spout on the table-cloth and soil the same.

The main object of this invention is now to provide a pitcher which will prevent this dripping of the syrup and the pitcher is for this reason provided with guards and a trough for collecting the syrup dripping down from the spout and in this manner preventing it from falling on the tablecloth.

One embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing. and

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pitcher;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical section along line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section along line 33 of Figure 2.

The pitcher 10 may be of any conventional shape, the one shown in the drawing being represented as cone-shaped with a wide bottom. On the side where the spout 11 is located and in the same vertical plane as the spout are arranged two or more guards 12 and 13 one above the other, each guard being provided with a pair of downwardly slanting wings 14 and 15 meeting along a central edge 16. The wings 14.- of the upper guard 12 are of less extent than those of the lower guard 13, as best seen in Fig. 3. The outer edge of the lower guard 13 projects further out from thepitcher than the outer edge of the upper guard 12, as also seen in Fig. 3.

At the bottom of the pitcher and extending about 45 to each side of the vertical plane is shown a trough 17 integral with the pitcher. This trough extends further out from the pitcher than the lower guard 13 in order to be able to catch any drippings from said guard. It has an outer upstanding edge turned inwardly at each end as at 18 where it is joined to the pitcher so that the depth of the trough at 18 would be about three-eighths of an inch while in the middle at 19 the depth would be slightly more or about one-half of an inch. Along the upper edge of the trough 17 is formed an inwardly turned bead 2O intended to retain the syrup in the trough when the pitcher 10 is tilted a considerable amount.

The operation of the device is as follows:

After pouring syrup from the pitcher and before it is again placed upright on the table it often happens that several drops fall from the spout of the pitcher and the guards 12 and 13 will then collect any such falling drops or if the drippings miss the guards they would fall right into the trough 17. Any syrup collected on the upper guard 12 would naturally be carried down on the sloping wings and fall on the lower guard 13 from where it would proceed, together with any syrup on the second guard, down into the trough 17. It will now be evident that when the pitcher is nearly empty and has to be tilted forward considerably when pouring syrup, any drippings collected in the trough 17 will be prevented from running out therefrom by the head 20 shown thereon.

On very small pitchers I may leave out the guards 12 and 13 altogether, only retaining the trough 17 at the bottom. Then again, on very large pitchers or jugs, the guards 12 and 13 may be multiplied.

The pitcher is shown in the drawing, as made of glass or porcelain but it is evident that any other material such as metal or the like may also be used.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a pitcher having a spout. a trough arranged at the bottom of the pitcher and projecting from the same in the vertical plane of the spout, and a guard projecting from the pitcher in the vertical plane of the spout and spaced from both the spout and the trough, said guard consisting of down- Wardly diverging Wings.

2. In a pitcher having a spout, a trough 5 united With the pitcher at the bottom of the same in the vertical plane of the spout, and a plurality of guards projecting from" the pitcher in the vertical plane of the spout and spaced vertically from both the trough and the spout, saicl trough and guards successively increasing in area from the uppermost guarcl to the trough. V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CARL W. JOHNSON. [1. s] 

